Egypt vs Venezuela: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Egypt
22.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Venezuela
24.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
68th
Venezuela rank
67th
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Egypt
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 24.2 per 1,000 live births against 22.4 per 1,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 1.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 68th and Venezuela ranks 67th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Venezuela in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 283.68 per 1,000 live births | 71.54 per 1,000 live births | 212.14 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 219.95 per 1,000 live births | 54.69 per 1,000 live births | 165.26 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 126.92 per 1,000 live births | 37.16 per 1,000 live births | 89.76 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 67.35 per 1,000 live births | 26.22 per 1,000 live births | 41.13 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 38.48 per 1,000 live births | 18.98 per 1,000 live births | 19.5 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2010s | 27.16 per 1,000 live births | 20.43 per 1,000 live births | 6.73 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2020s | 23.44 per 1,000 live births | 24.2 per 1,000 live births | 0.76 per 1,000 live births | Venezuela |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Egypt or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 24.2 per 1,000 live births against 22.4 per 1,000 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Egypt and Venezuela?
- 1.8 per 1,000 live births, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Venezuela rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Egypt ranks 68th and Venezuela ranks 67th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.